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S. A. KILMER.

RUG HOLDER.

No.'363,899. 4 Patented May 24,1887.

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RUG-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 363,399, dated May 24,1887. Application filed March 14, 1887. Serial No. 230,7 9. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, S. ANDRAL KILMER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bing hamton, in the county of Broome and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rug-Holders; and Ido declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of referencemarked theren,which form a part of this specification.

Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, and represent different forms of the fastener. Figs.land 6 represent Y two different forms in use.

ing the mat or rug.

This invention produces a device wherewith the mat or rug is securelyheld in place without any injury to it or the carpet beneath, and yet atany time the fastening can be removed, so that the mat or rug may betaken up.

In the annexed drawings, the letter A indicates this fastening, which inall its forms consists, essentially, of a piece of stout wire having thehead a and the shank a, with spiral Z) and the elongated pin point b,the latter running substantially radially out from the head a, and thespiral being between the point and head, and all made of one piece, asshown. A

fastener having these salient features may be otherwise modified in manyways, several of which are shown.

In Fig. 1 the head a, after being made of a single turn, a, of the wirethen has a reverse curve, a, given it before the spiral 7) is made.

I This reverse 0 forms a shoulder, which prevents the fastener frombeing screwed too far into the mat or rug, as is clearly shownin Fig. 6.Here the letter 0 represents a carpet, and D a rug. The first form offastener is seen secu ring the two together. The shank a is forcedthrough the mat and carpet, the fastener being turned like a cork-screwuntil the shoulder a bears against the mat. The head alies flat on topof the mat. The parts are securely held together, and can be separatedby unscrewing the fastener.

Fig. 2 is slightly different from the form in Fig. 1, in that in Fig. 2the point 1) projects outwardly at the end of the wire, instead of atright angles, as in Fig. 1, thereby giving another spiral.

In Fig. 3 there is 'no shoulder; but the end cl of the wire is caughtover the body of the wire, forming an eye, (1, which is the equivalentof the shoulder a.

In Fig. 4 the form therein shown has the head made of close spiral f,which tends to keep the fastener from being turned too far into the mator rug.

In Fig. 5 the head a is made with several circumferential curves orscallops, h, which make it a little more ornate. The shank a is turnedover one of these scallops before the spiral is given to it.

Having described my invention, what Iclaim 1. The carpet, rug, or matfastener A, having the head a, Spiral 1), and the elongated pinpoint I),as set forth. r

. 2. The carpet, rug, or mat fastener A, having the head a, spiral b,and the elongated pinpoint 0, the head having the reverse curve 12,forming a shoulder, as set forth.

presence of two witnesses.

S. ANDRAL KILMER.

Witnesses:

MARVIN CANNIFF, .T. F. WEEKs.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in-

